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Jean-Marie Besson

Jean-Marie Besson

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Neuroscience

D-Index
83
Citations
23461
World Ranking
1458
National Ranking
46

Overview

Jean-Marie Besson is affiliated with Grenoble Alpes University in France. Their research spans the fields of Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, as well as Medicine. Within these disciplines, their work focuses particularly on Molecular Biology, Genetics, and Cancer Research.

The scientist's research primarily addresses topics related to Epigenetics and DNA Methylation, Glioma Diagnosis and Treatment, and Cancer Genomics and Diagnostics.

Jean-Marie Besson has contributed to the academic community through publications in notable venues, particularly in Clinical Epigenetics.

  • Selective disruption of DNMT1/ELK1 interactions induces DGKI re-expression and promotes temozolomide sensitivity of MGMTmethylated/DGKImethylated glioblastoma (2025, Clinical Epigenetics)

Collaborations play a role in their work, with frequent coauthors including Amandine Etcheverry, Arulraj Nadaradjane, Gwenola Bougras-Cartron, Marc Aubry, and Jean-Sébastien Frénel.

Best Publications

  • Diffuse noxious inhibitory controls (DNIC). I. Effects on dorsal horn convergent neurones in the rat.

    Daniel Le Bars;Anthony H. Dickenson;Jean-Marie Besson

  • Peripheral and spinal mechanisms of nociception.

    J.-M. Besson;Athmane Chaouch

  • Diffuse noxious inhibitory controls (DNIC). II. Lack of effect on non-convergent neurones, supraspinal involvement and theoretical implications.

    Daniel Le Bars;Anthony H. Dickenson;Jean-marie Besson

  • The spino(trigemino)pontoamygdaloid pathway: electrophysiological evidence for an involvement in pain processes.

    J. F. Bernard;J. M. Besson

  • The organization of the efferent projections from the pontine parabrachial area to the amygdaloid complex: a Phaseolus vulgaris leucoagglutinin (PHA-L) study in the rat.

    Jean‐Françlois Bernard;Marie Alden;Jean‐Marie Besson

  • Analgesia from electrical stimulation of the periaqueductal gray matter in the cat: behavioral observations and inhibitory effects on spinal cord interneurons.

    Unknown

  • Analgesia Induced by Electrical Stimulation of the Inferior Centralis Nucleus of the Raphe in the Cat

    J L Oliveras;F Redjemi;G Guilbaud;J M Besson

  • A limited arthritic model for chronic pain studies in the rat

    Stephen H. Butler;Françoise Godefroy;Jean-Marie Besson;Jeanne Weil-Fugazza

  • An Analysis of Response Properties of Spinal Cord Dorsal Horn Neurones to Nonnoxious and Noxious Stimuli in the Spinal Rat

    D. Menétrey;G. J. Giesler;J. M. Besson

  • Role of the nucleus raphe magnus in opiate analgesia as studied by the microinjection technique in the rat

    Anthony H. Dickenson;Jean-Louis Oliveras;Jean-Marie Besson

  • A reinvestigation of the analgesic effects induced by stimulation of the periaqueductal gray matter in the rat. I. The production of behavioral side effects together with analgesia.

    Véronique Fardin;Jean-Louis Oliveras;Jean-Marie Besson

  • Nucleus centralis of the amygdala and the globus pallidus ventralis: electrophysiological evidence for an involvement in pain processes

    J. F. Bernard;G. F. Huang;J. M. Besson

  • Opiate antagonist, naloxone, strongly reduces analgesia induced by stimulation of a raphe nucleus (centralis inferior)

    J.L. Oliveras;Y. Hosobuchi;F. Redjemi;G. Guilbaud

  • Involvement of the spino-parabrachio -amygdaloid and -hypothalamic pathways in the autonomic and affective emotional aspects of pain.

    J.F. Bernard;H. Bester;J.M. Besson

  • Pre- and postsynaptic distribution of μ, δ and κ opioid receptors in the superficial layers of the cervical dorsal horn of the rat spinal cord

    Unknown

  • Physiological properties of the lamina I spinoparabrachial neurons in the rat.

    Hervé Bester;Victoria Chapman;Jean-Marie Besson;Jean-François Bernard

  • Depressive effects of morphine upon lamina V cells activities in the dorsal horn of the spinal cat

    D. Le Bars;D. Mene´trey;C. Conseiller;J.M. Besson

  • Organization of efferent projections from the parabrachial area to the hypothalamus: a Phaseolus vulgaris-leucoagglutinin study in the rat.

    Hervé Bester;Jean‐Marie Besson;Jean‐François Bernard

  • The parabrachial area: electrophysiological evidence for an involvement in visceral nociceptive processes

    J. F. Bernard;G. F. Huang;J. M. Besson

  • Differential effects of morphine on responses of dorsal horn lamina V type cells elicited by A and C fibre stimulation in the spinal cat

    D. Le Bars;G. Guilbaud;I. Jurna;J.M. Besson

  • Spinal Substance P Receptor Expression and Internalization in Acute, Short-Term, and Long-Term Inflammatory Pain States

    Prisca Honoré;Prisca Honoré;Patrick M. Menning;Patrick M. Menning;Scott D. Rogers;Scott D. Rogers;Michael L. Nichols;Michael L. Nichols

  • The topographical distribution of serotoninergic terminals in the spinal cord of the cat: biochemical mapping by the combined use of microdissection and microassay procedures

    J.L. Oliveras;S. Bourgoin;F. Hery;J.M. Besson

Frequent Co-Authors

Prisca Honore
Prisca Honore University of Minnesota
Victoria Chapman
Victoria Chapman University of Nottingham
Jean-François Bernard
Jean-François Bernard Grenoble Alpes University
Marc Peschanski
Marc Peschanski Grenoble Alpes University
Daniel Le Bars
Daniel Le Bars Sorbonne University
Henry J. Ralston
Henry J. Ralston University of California, San Francisco
D. Le Bars
D. Le Bars Grenoble Alpes University
Michel Hamon
Michel Hamon Sorbonne University
Jean-Marie Zajac
Jean-Marie Zajac Federal University of Toulouse Midi-Pyrénées
Florence Noble
Florence Noble Université Paris Cité

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